considering declawing my cats -- Montgomery County

[Anonymous]

Dear god..some of these replies

We declawed our last cat (she passed away about 3 months ago), when we got her from a rescue at 2 years old. Our vet did the laser treatment and it was 100% fine. She did not “turn” into an aggressive cat or bite like others have said happens. She was the sweetest, mellow cat ever and had no issues with the declawing. We now have a 2.5 month old kitten and will be bringing him in to be laser declawed soon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don’t do it. Declawing cats isn’t just cutting off their nails; it’s amputating the whole top part of each “finger.” Completely inhumane. In addition, cats who are declawed tend to bite more, since they can’t defend themselves with their claws.

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It is illegal in many countries, for good reason. Cruel and inhumane. Our vet does not do this procedure because she believes it is on ethical and should be illegal.

OP, if you cannot handle it, then rehome them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. None of those suggestions work, I have had one of the cats for 4 years and one for 2.5 years. They do not calm down when you play with the paws. I know all the tricks and alternatives; its not like I have never had a cat before.

Several of my friends have cats who are declawed and they do not bite, nor exhibit any kind of anti-social behavior. Our cats were declawed when i was growing up.

I would not be doing this if it were not necessary.

I will just start calling various vet practices.

If you know what you were going to do, then why are you asking these questionWatch and Mark

You don’t deserve to have any pets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dear god..some of these replies

We declawed our last cat (she passed away about 3 months ago), when we got her from a rescue at 2 years old. Our vet did the laser treatment and it was 100% fine. She did not “turn” into an aggressive cat or bite like others have said happens. She was the sweetest, mellow cat ever and had no issues with the declawing. We now have a 2.5 month old kitten and will be bringing him in to be laser declawed soon.

Why? Why on Earth would you declaw sweet mellow cat?
And kitten? What that baby did to you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good luck finding a vet who will do it.

I searched all over in VA and couldn’t find one closer than around 65 miles away in southern VA.

I’ve always had cats and had zero issues until this one rescue. Ended up rehomong as a barn cat and I still get updates. He much happier living in a barn and clawing the crap out of everything there.

Vets. won’t do it because it is cruel and inhumane.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For adult cats, declawing will be very painful and traumatic. Honestly, it would be better to euthanize them.

OP, you are a terrible person.

Often, the advice is that declawing is better than euthanasia. Your opinion is a minority one.

No, it isn't. I live in Europe, where civilized, enlightened humans have banned declawing. Yes, there are countries that actually ban declawing because it is essentially animal torture. Entire countries. "The advice" you mention is, what, a few web articles written by American vets and societies? That doesn't mean much.

OP is a terrible person.

I agree. OP is a terrible person who should not have pets.

This is horrible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dear god..some of these replies

We declawed our last cat (she passed away about 3 months ago), when we got her from a rescue at 2 years old. Our vet did the laser treatment and it was 100% fine. She did not “turn” into an aggressive cat or bite like others have said happens. She was the sweetest, mellow cat ever and had no issues with the declawing. We now have a 2.5 month old kitten and will be bringing him in to be laser declawed soon.

Why? Why on Earth would you declaw sweet mellow cat?
And kitten? What that baby did to you?

PP here- we didn’t want our furniture destroyed and had young toddlers. The cat was 100% fine after and had no issues at all from the removal. Again, our vet does laser removal and we were able to pick her up 2 hours after the removal.

As for this kitten, he is awful with his claws. He’s 11 weeks now and claws up furniture (yes we have two cat scratch posts for him) and climbs up everyone’s legs with claws out. We are covered in scars and marks from his nails. We tried the caps and they didn’t work and our vet suggested we do it with this one. He said he performs at least 1 a week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was always very against declawing - and then I brought my lessThan 5 lb preemie baby Home after weeks in the hospital and in a rush of pregnancy hormones sent the cats out to Friendship Heights Animal Hospital to get it done because I was so scared of them
Clawing him. They have a lot of vets working there and some Will and some Won’t do they surgery but you just call and they figure it out. This was almost 10 years ago so I’m not sure if it has changed there re declawing. That laser options sounds interesting.

You are a horrible person, and you shouldn't be allowed to own animals.

You are a horrible person for lashing out at strangers on a message board - pathetic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dear god..some of these replies

We declawed our last cat (she passed away about 3 months ago), when we got her from a rescue at 2 years old. Our vet did the laser treatment and it was 100% fine. She did not “turn” into an aggressive cat or bite like others have said happens. She was the sweetest, mellow cat ever and had no issues with the declawing. We now have a 2.5 month old kitten and will be bringing him in to be laser declawed soon.

Where I live, you would be breaking the law. For good reason.

You are disgusting and should not own pets. Please rehome your kitten rather than maiming him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was always very against declawing - and then I brought my lessThan 5 lb preemie baby Home after weeks in the hospital and in a rush of pregnancy hormones sent the cats out to Friendship Heights Animal Hospital to get it done because I was so scared of them
Clawing him. They have a lot of vets working there and some Will and some Won’t do they surgery but you just call and they figure it out. This was almost 10 years ago so I’m not sure if it has changed there re declawing. That laser options sounds interesting.

You are a horrible person, and you shouldn't be allowed to own animals.

You are a horrible person for lashing out at strangers on a message board - pathetic.

You are an idiot for defending animal abuse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dear god..some of these replies

We declawed our last cat (she passed away about 3 months ago), when we got her from a rescue at 2 years old. Our vet did the laser treatment and it was 100% fine. She did not “turn” into an aggressive cat or bite like others have said happens. She was the sweetest, mellow cat ever and had no issues with the declawing. We now have a 2.5 month old kitten and will be bringing him in to be laser declawed soon.

Why? Why on Earth would you declaw sweet mellow cat?
And kitten? What that baby did to you?

PP here- we didn’t want our furniture destroyed and had young toddlers. The cat was 100% fine after and had no issues at all from the removal. Again, our vet does laser removal and we were able to pick her up 2 hours after the removal.

As for this kitten, he is awful with his claws. He’s 11 weeks now and claws up furniture (yes we have two cat scratch posts for him) and climbs up everyone’s legs with claws out. We are covered in scars and marks from his nails. We tried the caps and they didn’t work and our vet suggested we do it with this one. He said he performs at least 1 a week.

You know very little about cats, clearly. Felines are notorious for hiding pain: your cat most likely DOES have twinges and arthritis. And so what if your cat didn't develop behavior problems? You seem to think that since the cat isn't doing anything to inconvenience you yourself, there are no problems with the fact that you amputated half of each of his toes. How selfish. Please rehome your kitten to someone who will not cut parts off of him. Cats have claws. Since you can't deal with that, you shouldn't have cats at all.

I'm curious. Why do you think countries have banned declawing if declawing is no big deal? Hmm?

You should be ashamed of yourself. And know that many of your acquaintances judge you just as I do. Gross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dear god..some of these replies

We declawed our last cat (she passed away about 3 months ago), when we got her from a rescue at 2 years old. Our vet did the laser treatment and it was 100% fine. She did not “turn” into an aggressive cat or bite like others have said happens. She was the sweetest, mellow cat ever and had no issues with the declawing. We now have a 2.5 month old kitten and will be bringing him in to be laser declawed soon.

Why? Why on Earth would you declaw sweet mellow cat?
And kitten? What that baby did to you?

PP here- we didn’t want our furniture destroyed and had young toddlers. The cat was 100% fine after and had no issues at all from the removal. Again, our vet does laser removal and we were able to pick her up 2 hours after the removal.

As for this kitten, he is awful with his claws. He’s 11 weeks now and claws up furniture (yes we have two cat scratch posts for him) and climbs up everyone’s legs with claws out. We are covered in scars and marks from his nails. We tried the caps and they didn’t work and our vet suggested we do it with this one. He said he performs at least 1 a week.

You know very little about cats, clearly. Felines are notorious for hiding pain: your cat most likely DOES have twinges and arthritis. And so what if your cat didn't develop behavior problems? You seem to think that since the cat isn't doing anything to inconvenience you yourself, there are no problems with the fact that you amputated half of each of his toes. How selfish. Please rehome your kitten to someone who will not cut parts off of him. Cats have claws. Since you can't deal with that, you shouldn't have cats at all.

I'm curious. Why do you think countries have banned declawing if declawing is no big deal? Hmm?

You should be ashamed of yourself. And know that many of your acquaintances judge you just as I do. Gross.

+1

http://fortune.com/2017/11/14/cat-declaw-denver-illegal/

Anyone supporting this cruel practice should be required to witness the surgery before electing it for their cat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dear god..some of these replies

We declawed our last cat (she passed away about 3 months ago), when we got her from a rescue at 2 years old. Our vet did the laser treatment and it was 100% fine. She did not “turn” into an aggressive cat or bite like others have said happens. She was the sweetest, mellow cat ever and had no issues with the declawing. We now have a 2.5 month old kitten and will be bringing him in to be laser declawed soon.

Why? Why on Earth would you declaw sweet mellow cat?
And kitten? What that baby did to you?

PP here- we didn’t want our furniture destroyed and had young toddlers. The cat was 100% fine after and had no issues at all from the removal. Again, our vet does laser removal and we were able to pick her up 2 hours after the removal.

As for this kitten, he is awful with his claws. He’s 11 weeks now and claws up furniture (yes we have two cat scratch posts for him) and climbs up everyone’s legs with claws out. We are covered in scars and marks from his nails. We tried the caps and they didn’t work and our vet suggested we do it with this one. He said he performs at least 1 a week.

I hope this is a troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dear god..some of these replies

We declawed our last cat (she passed away about 3 months ago), when we got her from a rescue at 2 years old. Our vet did the laser treatment and it was 100% fine. She did not “turn” into an aggressive cat or bite like others have said happens. She was the sweetest, mellow cat ever and had no issues with the declawing. We now have a 2.5 month old kitten and will be bringing him in to be laser declawed soon.

Why? Why on Earth would you declaw sweet mellow cat?
And kitten? What that baby did to you?

PP here- we didn’t want our furniture destroyed and had young toddlers. The cat was 100% fine after and had no issues at all from the removal. Again, our vet does laser removal and we were able to pick her up 2 hours after the removal.

As for this kitten, he is awful with his claws. He’s 11 weeks now and claws up furniture (yes we have two cat scratch posts for him) and climbs up everyone’s legs with claws out. We are covered in scars and marks from his nails. We tried the caps and they didn’t work and our vet suggested we do it with this one. He said he performs at least 1 a week.

You know very little about cats, clearly. Felines are notorious for hiding pain: your cat most likely DOES have twinges and arthritis. And so what if your cat didn't develop behavior problems? You seem to think that since the cat isn't doing anything to inconvenience you yourself, there are no problems with the fact that you amputated half of each of his toes. How selfish. Please rehome your kitten to someone who will not cut parts off of him. Cats have claws. Since you can't deal with that, you shouldn't have cats at all.

I'm curious. Why do you think countries have banned declawing if declawing is no big deal? Hmm?

You should be ashamed of yourself. And know that many of your acquaintances judge you just as I do. Gross.

All those countries that banned declawing should have banned cats. They're incredibly invasive, decimating bird and wildlife populations.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/moral-cost-of-cats-180960505/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dear god..some of these replies

We declawed our last cat (she passed away about 3 months ago), when we got her from a rescue at 2 years old. Our vet did the laser treatment and it was 100% fine. She did not “turn” into an aggressive cat or bite like others have said happens. She was the sweetest, mellow cat ever and had no issues with the declawing. We now have a 2.5 month old kitten and will be bringing him in to be laser declawed soon.

Why? Why on Earth would you declaw sweet mellow cat?
And kitten? What that baby did to you?

PP here- we didn’t want our furniture destroyed and had young toddlers. The cat was 100% fine after and had no issues at all from the removal. Again, our vet does laser removal and we were able to pick her up 2 hours after the removal.

As for this kitten, he is awful with his claws. He’s 11 weeks now and claws up furniture (yes we have two cat scratch posts for him) and climbs up everyone’s legs with claws out. We are covered in scars and marks from his nails. We tried the caps and they didn’t work and our vet suggested we do it with this one. He said he performs at least 1 a week.

You know very little about cats, clearly. Felines are notorious for hiding pain: your cat most likely DOES have twinges and arthritis. And so what if your cat didn't develop behavior problems? You seem to think that since the cat isn't doing anything to inconvenience you yourself, there are no problems with the fact that you amputated half of each of his toes. How selfish. Please rehome your kitten to someone who will not cut parts off of him. Cats have claws. Since you can't deal with that, you shouldn't have cats at all.

I'm curious. Why do you think countries have banned declawing if declawing is no big deal? Hmm?

You should be ashamed of yourself. And know that many of your acquaintances judge you just as I do. Gross.

All those countries that banned declawing should have banned cats. They're incredibly invasive, decimating bird and wildlife populations.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/moral-cost-of-cats-180960505/

1. Declawed cats can still catch birds, and 2. banning cats altogether for this reason is a different argument entirely. But your attempt to scramble together something that approaches (but doesn't quite reach) a logical argument indicates that you KNOW declawing is wrong.